Uttarakhand: Navy mountaineering team caught in an avalanche on Trishul mountain, five jawans and a porter missing

During the ascent of Mount Trishul, five naval mountaineers and a porter were hit by the avalanche. The rescue team from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) in Uttarkashi under the leadership of Principal Colonel Amit Bisht has left for Trishul Peak. In this regard, Colonel Amit Bisht told that he got this information from the Navy's Adventure Wing at around 11 am today, in which he sought help from the search and rescue team of NIM.

Colonel Amit Bisht said that a 20-member team of mountaineers of the Navy had gone for the ascent of the 7,120 meters high Trishul peak about 15 days ago. On Friday morning, the team proceeded for the summit of the peak. During this, an avalanche has occurred, due to which five Navy jawans, mountaineers and a porter came in the grip. After the information, the search and rescue team of NIM left Uttarkashi via helicopter. Colonel Amit Bisht, Principal of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (Nim), said that the incident happened around 5 am on Friday, in which a Navy mountaineering team was hit by an avalanche. All of them are now said to be missing.

Trishul Peak is located in the Bageshwar district of Kumaon.

Trishul Peak (7,120 m) is situated on the border of Chamoli district in the Bageshwar district of Kumaon. For the ascent of this peak, mountaineering teams go to Joshimath and Ghat of Chamoli district. A team of Navy mountaineers had also left for Trishul via the ghat. Being a group of three peaks, it is called Trishul.

Army mountaineering team found a dead body near Satopanth

Army's mountaineering team, who went on a Santopanth expedition in Chamoli district, found a dead body buried in the snow near the peak there. The soldiers involved in the team have come to Mana with the dead body. It is feared that this body is of a jawan who went missing during the mountaineering expedition of the army in the year 2005.